I stole James

Chapter 268

The Cavaliers were swept by the Spurs in the regular season, and they also lost to the Spurs in the first game of the finals. It seems that the Spurs are really the nemesis of the Cavaliers.

After the Cavaliers lost Game [-] of the series, many expert media commentators said so.

People who thought that the Cavaliers would lose before the start of the finals became more firm in their views.

"After all, the Cavaliers are still immature!"

"That's right, if they want to win the championship, they still need to gain more experience and grow up."

"The Spurs have found their goal, and it is quite easy to beat them."

"So ginger is still old and spicy."

"After this season, I'm afraid the Cavaliers will have to find a few veterans who can hold the field to overwhelm the team. It's not good if they are all new recruits."

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"Do you think LeBron and the others can win the Spurs championship?" Walton asked the group of friends around him, shaking his wine glass.

After the first game, these guys who had already finished their season had nothing else to do and went to a bar to continue having fun.

They wanted to get James, but James refused. The first game of the finals has just been played, and there are still games to be played and preparations to be made. It is not time to indulge in fun.

"The Spurs are still playing hard enough. It is difficult for the group leaders to win the championship." Hinrich said after taking a sip of wine.

"It's just one game now. It's not the end yet. There are many games in a round of the series. I'm definitely optimistic about the team leader." Perkins put down his glass heavily. He just drank a full glass of wine.

"That's right, it's just the first game, and it's not the end." Wade said with a smile, "I have confidence in LeBron and the others. If they can beat us, they will definitely be able to beat the Spurs. If it weren't for LeBron and the others, this year We're going to win the title. I don't even think the Spurs can beat us."

"Haha, just brag. But I also think LeBron and the others will win the final victory. This guy is good at creating miracles." Anthony raised his glass, "Come on, let's have a drink for LeBron and the others, hoping that they can drink A win."

"Okay! Cheers, I wish the group leader and the others a victory in the next match." Everyone raised their glasses one after another, and the glasses collided.

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The second game of the finals will continue to be held at the home court of the Cavaliers.

Although they lost the first game, the players of the Cavaliers were relatively calm.

James said after the game that day,

It's only the first game now, so there's no need to panic, even if it's the last game.

Everything is still inconclusive, and the end of the series is still far away.

It was just a loss, so everyone calmed down.

And the first loss is a good thing, this is a small adversity.

Since the beginning of the regular season, they haven't experienced any major adversity. It's a little bit of adversity. It's good to learn to play in adversity.

Temporary backwardness is not a bad thing, as long as you can recover from the backwardness, then there is no problem.

Everyone must learn to play in adversity, this is the most important.

The team has to remain resilient, that's the most important thing.

These remarks undoubtedly gave everyone in the Cavaliers a shot in the arm and cheered everyone up.

What's scary about the Spurs, isn't it that they haven't beaten them this season, so just go and beat them.

During the regular season, the biggest dilemma the Cavaliers encountered was the short period of time when James was injured, but they also survived, relying on everyone's concerted efforts.

They actually have this ability to get out of trouble.

So when the second game came, the Cavaliers did not have low morale, but a little excitement.

If you can win the championship in a difficult situation, it will feel better than anything else.

At the beginning of the second game, the Cavaliers made consecutive outside shots and scored 3 3-pointers.

9-0 start.

It forced Popovich to call a timeout shortly after the start.

After returning from the timeout, Parker attacked with the ball. With the help of Duncan's cover, he went around the basket and made a successful throw, breaking the Spurs' scoring drought.

The Cavaliers attack, Paul holds the ball to the top of the arc, and gives the ball to James on the right wing, Bowen immediately sticks up, James dribbles and beats Bowen, and drives the ball against Bowen to push in.

Then he turned around suddenly, passed the ball without looking at the pass, and handed the ball to Paul who cut in from the middle. Paul received the pass near the free throw line, jumped up and shot, and scored two points.

Turning back to Ginobili, he broke through from the basket outside the three-point line in a serpentine step. Tony Allen chased closely, but was blocked by Duncan, and Ginobili rushed in.

Korandolph switched defenses, took a step across, blocked Ginobili's front, and then slapped Ginobili's up and blocked him.

Barkley said: "From the opening point of view, the Cavaliers as a whole seemed to be alive in this game. They played better than the previous game. Everyone actively made their own contributions on the court."

Kenny Smith nodded and said: "Yes, but I hope they don't just play a good quarter like the last game. They also led the Spurs in the first quarter and eventually lost the first game."

The basketball that Randolph blocked was still snatched by the Spurs, and the ball was handed over to Parker. Paul clung to it and did not give Parker a good shot.

Parker can only be transferred to Duncan in the low post.

Randolph reached out to hold Duncan behind Duncan.

James told Randolph before the game that he should be tougher when playing Duncan, whether it is defense or offense, James said he can deal with Duncan completely.

Randolph listened to these words, and now he is on the court to prove that James is right.

Randolph's strength was added to Duncan, which made Duncan a little uncomfortable. Duncan turned around and missed a jumper.

Big Z protected the rebound and gave it to Paul. Paul rushed to the front court with the ball. He dribbled the ball under his crotch and took a step to the right, pretending to break through, but transferred the ball to James on the other side.

James received the ball, took off, made a three-pointer, and steadily threw the basketball into the basket.

The defensive end and the opponent are desperately fighting, and the offensive end plays its own offensive rhythm and characteristics.

This is what James said before the game, to fight harder, and they are doing it now.

Looking back, Ginobili dribbled the ball, but still failed to get rid of Tony Allen's follow-up defense, and handed the ball to Bowen.

Bowen received the ball and wanted to shoot, but seeing that James had moved over, he hesitated for a moment. In the last game, he was blocked by James three times, and he was still somewhat timid.

He didn't take the shot in the end, but returned the ball to Parker.

Parker used his speed to try to pass Paul, but Paul's speed was not slow and he continued to follow closely. Parker's shot was eventually interfered by Paul and he failed to make a shot.

(End of this chapter)